Oil-can holder.



A No. 820,708.

0 f PTENTED MAY 15,1900. E. A. DUR-Fm.

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. of care 1n "UNITED srnirns p-TENT LOFFIGn ELisHA A. DURFEY, 0F PENN YAN, NEW Yoan'.

OIL-CAN HQLDER. `i

To all whom may concern,.-

Be it known that I, ELISHA A. DURFEY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Penn Yan, in the county of Yates and State of New York, have invented anew and useful Oil- Can Holder, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to oil-can holders, and is designed as an improvement uponan article of the same character for which Letters Patent of the United States were granted meAugust 21, 1888, No. 388,348.

In the patent referred to the base or body of the holder is rovided with a pair of standards, between W ich is pivoted the can-clamping member, the latter being provided with a pair of arms which-are of a size to embrace the neck of the can to hold the latter positioned` upon the base. "Owing to the fact that the arms referred to are spaced apart only a sufiicient distance to straddle the neck 0f the can, its range of usefulness is limited, as it is only adapted for use in connection with practically one size of can. Furthermore, the terminals of the arms, which, in effect, constitute a yoke, are disposed in alinement with the pivotal point of the can-el amping member, so that` in order to combine a can with the holder it will be necessary' manually to lift the member for the purpose, thereby aquiring the exercise of an amount positioning the can that is objectionable. In addition'to the standards referred to the base is also provided with Aa third standard, to which is secured the spring for actuating the can-clamping member, andv this spring is held combined with the standard by providing the latter with a threaded orifice which is engaged by a screw that is passed through the spring. This latter arrangement has been found to be objectionable, for two reasons, the first being that the spring is weakened by the provision of the openinU to receive the screw, and the second being that the expense of the manufacture of the article is materially increased by having to provide the standard with a threaded opening for the screw.

The objects of the invention are to extend the range of usefulness of the holder; to improve the manner of connecting the canclamping member with the base or body of the holder, wl ereby the spring used in actuating the clamping member will be prevented from breaking, and thereby render the article inoperative, and to improve the manner of Specification of Letters Patent. Application ned october 30,1905. serai No. 285,098.

Patented May 15, `1906.

constructing the base to adapt it to be secured either toa horizontal or vertical suport.- Y

The objects above referred to are secured by forming the can-clamping member with an approximately semicircular yoke of a size to embracecans of various sizes and by disposing` the terminals of the'yoke on a plane sufficiently higher than the pivotal point of the member to insure the automatic lifting of the latter .when a can is pressed against the yoke members, thereby obviating tne necessity of manuallylifting-the member for the )urpose of positioning the can thereon, and, iurther, bythe employment of a novel form of spring for actua ting the said member.

With the above and other objects in view, as will appear as the nature of the invention is better understood, the same consists in the novel construction and combination of parts of an oil-can holder, as will be hereinafter fully described and claimed. i

1n the accoltipanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, and in which like characters of reference indicate corresponding parts, Figure rl is a View in elevation, partly in section, of an oil-can holder constructed in act-.ordal'lce with the present invention. Fig. 2 is a perspective detail View of a portion ofa slight'ly-nlodiiied form of holder. Fig. Si is a perspective. detail view of a slightly-modilied form of can-holder. Fig. 4 is an inverted plan view of the holder.

Referring to t hedrawings and to Figs. 1 and 2 thereof, 1. designates the base or body ofthe holder, which is shown as an annulus provided with an upstanding marginal flange 2 to be engaged by the bottom of the oil-can C, (indicated by dotted lilies.) The base is further furnished with an inward-project-ing flange 3, whichv serves as a rest for the can, and is provided with an oriliced ear-.Lto receive a screw or equivalent form of fastening device for holding .the base positioned upon a suitable support.

Projecting frein one side of the base thereof and lpreferably integral therewith is an arm 5, carrying a pair of spaced lugs 6 and a terminal upstanding lug 7. The lugs 6 are appropriately orificed to receive a pin S, that forms the pivotal point of the can-clamping member, which comprises an arm 9, an a proximately semicircular yoke 10, and a loc ing-cam 1-1, all of the parts being, by preference, integral.

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It will be seen by reference to Fig. 1 that can-clainping-memberactuatingl spring 12, which is approximately U-,shaped in strain to which the springis subjected when 3 and 4 the base 13a is provided with a pair of the yoke occupies a plane considerably above that ofthe pivotal point of the arm 9, this arrangement permitting the terminals of the yoke to engage directly with the body of the can, so that upon thrust being a plied to the can the yoke will be automaticaiply lifted and the can positioned upon the base Without the necessity of manually raising the yoke for the purpose.

Disposed between the lugs 6 and bearing against the under side of the locking-cam is a orm, one member of which bears upon the upper side of the arm and the other against thev under side of the locking-cam, the spring being held assembled with the arm by a air of ears or lugs 13, that are inter ral with t e arm, are disposed adjacent to theglugs 7, and are adapted to be iexed over upon the spring, as clearly shown in Fig. 2, thereby ositively to hold it against separation from t e arm. It will be observed byreerence tol-Fig. 1 that the bend of the spring bears against the lug 7 and one terminal against the flange 2, and by this ar rangement the bulkof the strain to which the spring is subjected when the can-clamping member is shifted to the position'shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1 is removed from the lugs 13, whereby danger of breakage of the spring is reduced to a minimum. In oint of fact, as will be obvious, the bulk of the flexed will be borne by the bend thereof.

In the form of the invention shown in Figs.

orificed ears 14, by which it may be secured u onasuitablehorizontal sup ort, and,in addition, on one side is provide with a pair of upstanding orificed ears 15, thereby topermit the base tolbe secured to a vertical support. The arm 16 is provided at its rear end with a pair of lugs 17, that'are adapted to be flexed and clenched around the sp'ring 18, that` The spring 18 is an ordinary leaf-spring and willA secure the same i function as the spring shown in Fig.- 1. 'It will be seen that by the provision ofthe i yoke 10, constructed as described, the article will be adapted for holding in position cans of various sizes-that is from one that is comparatively small to the largest size-so thatwithout any extendedchange in th`e construction of the article, as shown in the patent referred to, its utility is materially increased, thereby rendering it more desirable of employment, and, further, that any'lifting of the can-clampin element to secure `a can on the holder will e rendered unnecessary. Having 6o thus described the invention, what 1. A canholder embodying a basev pro-.-l

vided with an arm, a pair of spaced lugs carried by the arm,'a can-clamping member pivotally secured between the lugs, a spring bearing against the member, and a pair of ears carried by the arm and clenched against the spring. v v

2. A canholder embodying a basej-an arm projecting therefrom and carrying a pair of alined lu s and afterminal lu a can-clamping memer embod ing a yo e mounted for pivotal movement between the pair of lugs andprovided with a terminal cam, and an a proximately U.shaped spring secured to4 t e arm and ving one member projecting between the pair of lugs and engagin the cam, the bend of the spring being norma ly in engagement with the terminal lug.

3. An oil-can holder embodyinga base pro vided with an arm carryingr a pair of juxtaposed lu s and a terminal u a can-clamping mem er embodying a o e, pivoted between the pair of lugs an provided with aA terminal cam, an approximately U-sha ed spring having its free ends projecting etween the pair of lugs and having one member disposed upon the arm, and ears carried by the `arm and clenched against the spring.-

In testimony that I claim the foregolng as my own I have hereto affixed my signature -in the presence of two witnesses. locks the arm 19 of the can-clamping member against movement.

ELISHA AQDURFEY.

Witnesses:

GEO. A. DUGWELL, JAMES E. CoYLE. 

